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Pasifika Environews Awards Winners Announced

Fiji and Solomon Islands dominated the inaugural Pasifika Environews awards, which is a collaboration between the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), Internews Earth Journalism Network (EJN), Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional…

8 Jun 2023

Climate Change
Climate Change related Loss and Damage to Islands and Culture in the Solomons is ‘Too Valuable to be Valued’
World leaders and negotiators on 20 November had approved a decision on the COP27 agenda on ‘Loss and Damage’ which would create a fund to compensate Small Island Developing States (SIDSs) or poor nations that suffered the impacts of climate change believed to be worsened by developed countries’…
7 Dec 2022
Climate Change
COP27: Youth from the Pacific seek International Court of Justice opinion on climate change and human rights
Pacific Island countries that are highly vulnerable to the catastrophic impacts of human- induced climate change, have asked the International court of justice for an advisory opinion on climate change rights.
17 Nov 2022
Climate Change
“We Cannot wait for another COP’’ Solomon Islands tell World Leaders
Just days after the 27th Climate Change Conference (COP27) started in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the Solomon Islands was hit by a three-day heavy downpour associated with a trough. The capital city, Honiara, was flooded following what the meteorology office said was a ‘trough’.
16 Nov 2022
Climate Change
‘Loss and Damage’ Now at COP27 Agenda, why is it such a big deal for Solomon Islands
Powerful cyclones and other weather extreme events are striking every corner of the Pacific Region increasing economic and human toll that countries could not adequately adapt and prepare.
9 Nov 2022